Politics And Aesthetics Of Creativity: City, Culture, And Space In East Asia

Synopsis

Chapter One: The Mall As Political: The Urban Interweaving Of Bangkok's Past And Present / Trude Renwick -- Chapter Two: Small-scale And Bottom-up: Innovating Creativity In Shanghai's City Center Quartiers / Ying Zhou -- Chapter Three: In Praise Of The Coffin: Urban Sociality In The Japanese Capsule Hotels / Non Arkaraprasertkul -- Chapter Four: Rediscovering The Japanese Houses In Taiwan: A Contest Between Postcolonial Inhabitants And The Creative City Regime / Shu-mei Huang -- Chapter Five: The Kitschy, The Shanzhai, And The Ugly: Creating Architectural Utopia In Contemporary Chinese Cities / Lu Pan -- Chapter Six: (in)dependence, Industry, And Self-organization: Narratives Of Alternative Art Spaces In Greater China / Elaine W. Ho -- Chapter Seven: On The Finding, Producing, And Losing Of Creative Space: Hong Kong's Hidden Agenda / Tobias Zuser -- Chapter Eight: The Tourist Gaze, The Invisible Cities: Cultural Heritage And Toursim In Taiwan / Yi-chieh Lin. Edited By Lu Pan, Heung Wah Wong, And Karin Ling-fung Chau. Includes Bibliographical References.